TV Guy: Dark, dystopian future on 'Into the Badlands'

Sunny (Daniel Wu) and his protege, M.K. (Aramis Knight), have been separated and consigned to separate fates.

Young M.K. works on his skills, while Sunny will do anything to reunite with his family in this dark dystopian future dominated by feudal barons who live in opulent McMansions while the vast majority of mere mortals toil in corporate poppy fields.

As in many fantasies of this sort, the future has arrived without the existence of modern guns and armaments, putting the emphasis on balletic violence and swordplay. Help yourself.

- No one, it seems, can leave the 2016 election behind. "The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth" (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-14) followed the race from the early primaries through its upset conclusion.

Now "The Circus" returns to chronicle the new president's first 100 days in office.

"The Circus" isn't the only show capitalizing on the hunger for political news, satire, parody and spin. "Saturday Night Live" has seen some of its biggest audiences in years, a fact largely attributed to its political focus.

"SNL" will branch into a weeknight prime-time "Weekend Update" series, starting in August. The political season never seems to end.

Sunday's highlights

- Scheduled on "60 Minutes" (7 p.m., CBS): Critics of the H-1B visa program, designed to attract the world's best talent, say it displaces American workers; South Sudan's famine; "Sesame Street" welcomes a new character.